8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service

Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by gwright on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @08:09AM (#20624380)

So it is your belief that the government has a role in preventing someone from being shamed, shunned, or stigmatized by other people?

Is is always important to remember that "has a role" really means "can use force to ensure compliance".

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by sinsterizme on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:38AM (#20625025)

In the case of businesses, yes that’s my belief

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by gwright on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @08:15PM (#20630921)

We'll have to agree to disagree.

Just think about the way modern media companies constantly shame and stigmatize people. How are you going to even define when someone is "shamed" or "stigmatized"? Aren't there people who should be shamed and stigmatized?

This seems completely unworkable and guaranteed to make absolutely no one happy other than the lawyers making money off of all the frivolous legal disputes.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by sinsterizme on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:02PM (#20631137)

Yeah, you have a good point. My opinions are pretty recently formed on this area so I'm probably off-base, and it was interesting hearing your perspective. Fortunately I'm not a judge! :-)

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